On May 25, 2019, 202 volunteers of all ages, shapes, and sizes trooped to Bacolod’s Ayala Malls Capitol Central to pack 3,000 LoveBags bound for five destinations to serve children from tribes of the indigenous peoples. Here are just a few of the groups and individuals who generously gave time and energy to share the...
Meet Walter Ramos, a Mingo hero. Literally through land, sea and air, Walter has been bringing Mingo Meals and toys to undernourished children in Bunuangin Elementary School in Port Barton, Palawan for two years now. Manila-based, he uses personal and friends’ resources to help his cause, starting with 69 children, of which 29 were malnourished,...
Original story at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2018/June/27/topstory11.htm BY SAMANTHA C. LEDESMA The Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation held its third LoveBag Packing Event at SM City Bacolod yesterday. Volunteers from all over the city arrived to help pack the bags for less fortunate students of Negros, Panay and Bukidnon. Each bag contained school supplies for the students. In the...
Juan Diego Barrientos is an awesome teen whom we’re proud to call an NVC Ambassador. Last summer, he spent a portion of his vacation doing volunteer work with NVC, painting Peter Project boats, visiting a Mingo feeding site, and helping out at the Mingo manufacturing plant. He climbed mountains to reach our farmers who provide...
As soon as NVC embarked on the Mingo for Marawi drive, there was one lady who set herself on a relentless begging mission to harness funds, big and small for the Marawi children we need to feed with Mingo Meals. And how well Pia Camus did her job! She started by bringing cans to a meeting in...
As of June 20, 2017, all 1,423 donated LoveBags for School Kids have been delivered to children living in the mountains of Bukidnon, Mindanao and Himamaylan, Negros Island who have very limited access to school supplies. NVC identified 852 recipients from the indigenous Tala-andig tribe in Bukidnon, Mindanao, and 571 recipients from the Maghat, Bukidnon, and Ituman tribes located...
On June 9, 2017, a retired teacher who wishes to remain anonymous deposited Php 135,180.60 to send 23,307 Mingo Meals to Marawi evacuees in Mindanao. Only three days earlier, she began a Facebook fundraising campaign to raise awareness about the increasing number of refugees, many of them children, in evacuation centers housing those who had...
Read this story online at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/May/16/people.htm
NVC is looking for volunteers in the Bacolod City area on May 13 to help us pack 1,000 Love Bags for schoolchildren who need them! What are Love Bags? For some children in remote parts of the Philippines, supplies as simple as a pencil or a piece of paper can’t be taken for granted. They...
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